MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rico Garcia.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Rico Garcia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Elvis Alvarado wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
98.9
Rico Garcia
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.8%
Rico Garcia
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.4%
Rico Garcia
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
32.5%
Rico Garcia
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
50.0%
Rico Garcia
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
20.6%
Rico Garcia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.352
Rico Garcia
.270
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
Rico Garcia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.35
now 1.86
1.24
Rico Garcia
.9002.35
now 0.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4035.60
now 9
15
Rico Garcia
4035.60
now 28
20
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.8006.20
now 2
25
Rico Garcia
.8006.20
now 3
23
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0004.40
now 0
0
Rico Garcia
.0004.40
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRico Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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